Carsen Edwards is a bucket-getter.
He showed it as a senior at Atascocita High School in Texas, when he reached 50 points in his last district game. He showed it as a junior in college, when he scored 42 points in Purdue’s overtime loss to Virginia in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. And he showed it as an NBA rookie, when he knocked down eight 3-pointers in the Celtics’ preseason finale.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like that,’’ coach Brad Stevens said after the latest performance. “Those were deep, hard 3s — and how many?